Preview Kilmarnock
Saturday, 4th Feb 2012Jim McIntyre:- "It would be a psychological boost to get off the bottom of the league and obviously we want to get the monkey off our back by winning at home for the first time too
One of many consequences of this fixture being postponed on 10th December was that Dunfermline dropped from eleventh in the SPL to the bottom of the table. Tuesday night`s re-arranged game gives the Pars another chance to climb above Hibs who are one point ahead with a superior goal difference by six.
Dunfermline Manager Jim McIntyre said:-
"We need to work extremely hard to get three points but we know that we`re more than capable. It would be a psychological boost to get off the bottom of the league and obviously we want to get the monkey off our back by winning at home for the first time too."
The home games since the first fixture`s postponement against St Johnstone, Celtic, Hibs and Inverness Caley did not end in victory and the last time Pars fans watched a home win was on 6th May last year against Falkirk so the Kilmarnock match also provides the chance to end the record breaking run of home games without a win.
At East End Park it is eight wins to six in the seventeen Premier League games played between the clubs at East End Park, with Killie having a slight advantage on goal difference.
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Premier League v Kilmarnock (home) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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17 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
26 |
29 |
Scorer at Rugby Park, Liam Buchanan
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Milestones Kilmarnock (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
3-2 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
0-1 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
06/10/51 |
5-2 |
Div B* |
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Worst League Defeat |
17/04/99 |
0-6 |
SPL |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Over the last twelve meetings, Kilmarnock have had the upper hand winning nine of the contests. DA have managed to win only three with one game ending all square. Goals from Darren Young, Gary Mason and then Stevie Crawford six minutes from time secured the Pars last home win over their Ayrshire opponents in September 2006. When the clubs met at Rugby Park less than three weeks ago the Fifers came away with an impressive 3-0 win. Macca recalled:-
"We had a really good performance against them not that long ago but it`s important for us to remember that no two games are the same. We want to put pressure on Hibs and we want to do what Aberdeen have done of late and put a wee run together."
Last Twelve SPL League Matches v Kilmarnock | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 21/01/12 | A | 3-0 | [1-0] Barrowman, [2-0] Cardle, [3-0] Buchanan |
| 10/09/11 | A | 2-3 | [1-0] J Thomson, [1-1] Heffernan, [1-2] Heffernan, [2-2] R Thomson, [2-3] Kroca |
| 17/02/07 | H | 1-1 | [0-1] Naismith, [1-1] Crawford |
| 02/12/06 | A | 1-5 | [0-1] Hay, [1-1] Crawford, [1-2] Di Giacomo, [1-3] Di Giacomo, [1-4] Nish, [1-5] Nish |
| H | 3-2 | [0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Young, [1-2] Wales, [2-2] Mason, [3-2] Crawford | |
| A | 0-1 | [0-1] Invincible | |
| H | 0-1 | [0-1] Boyd | |
| A | 2-3 | [1-0] Burchill, [1-1] Dodds, [1-2] Boyd, [2-2] Derek Young, [2-3] Invincible | |
| A | 0-4 | [0-1] Locke, [0-2] Dodds, [0-3] Boyd, [0-4] McDonald | |
| A | 1-2 | [0-1] Naismith, [1-1] Christiansen, [1-2] Boyd | |
| 20/11/04 | H | 4-1 | [1-0] Nicholson, [2-0] Mehmet, [3-0] Wilson, [3-1] Wales, [4-1] Brewster |
| 29/08/04 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] Invincible |
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H |
2-1 |
[0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Nicholson, [2-1] Crawford | |
With 17 points from 24 matches, Dunfermline lie ten points behind eighth placed Kilmarnock. Only six points have been taken from the last 13 league games. Kilmarnock`s form has improved since their shocking 6-3 home defeat at the hands of Inverness. They have taken six points from their last two games against Rangers and Aberdeen without conceding a goal.
| Dunfermline | Kilmarnock |
| League Points | |
| 17 | 27 |
| Current League Position | |
| 12 | 8 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -27 | -7 |
| Last 6- SPL Match Form | |
| LLLWLL | DLLWDL |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P11 W0 D4 L7 | P11 W1 D5 L5 |
Killie have one away win to their credit in this season`s SPL. That 1-0 victory was at Tynecastle at end of October.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Kilmarnock (away) | |||||
| Inverness Caley | L | Hibernian | L | 0-1 | ||
| Hibs | L | Aberdeen | D | 0-0 | ||
| Celtic | L | Dundee | D |
1-1 | ||
| St Johnstone | L | St Johnstone | L |
0-2 | ||
| Aberdeen | D | Celtic | L | 1-2 | ||
| Dundee United | L | Hibernian | D | 1-1 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Aberdeen): Iain Turner; Andy Dowie, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; Paul Willis (Joe Cardle 79), Mark Kerr, Gary Mason (c) (Martin Hardie 86), Ryan Thomson, David Graham, Liam Buchanan (Andy Kirk 79).
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Smith (GK), John Potter, Steven McDougall, Shaun Byrne.
KILMARNOCK ( v Hibs): Cameron Bell; Michael Nelson , James Fowler, Garry Hay, Ben Gordon, Danny Racchi, Liam Kelly, Manuel Pascali, James Dayton, Dean Shiels, Paul Heffernan
SUBS: Dieter Van Tornhout, David Mendes Silva, Kyle Letheren, Lewis Toshney, Zdenek Kroca.
Original appointment was Bobby Madden but this time the referee will be Calum Murray.
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